Easy Winter Crops | No Heating Required

Today's video is all about what crops can be grown in the winter without heat.
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[@etiennelouw9244]

I live in a suburban home in Cape Town, South Africa, it's a Mediteranean climate so I grow anything all the time, but with shading in the summer time.

[@timbushell8640]

"Delightful lunatics" "there are some cultivated varieties of chickweed out there presumably bred by some delightful lunatics anyway I hope that was helpful" - of course it was Jesse, and great for the other links. Thank you and the team plus guests for these vids and content. Be safe and enjoy the winter.

[@nickcasper2350]

Don't be jealous, we have beach sand for "soil" the rain fall and the temperature decomposes and vaporizes organic matter soo quickly. - From FL Zone 10

[@lianagilbert61]

I am in zone 8b central Texas. I have a raised bed with spinach, cilantro, onions, celery, carrots, beets, romaine, Lola Rossa, kohlrabi, mache, mustard, collards, kale, celeriac. Have it covered with fleece right now, but it’s pain to cover when it’s close to freezing. I have no idea what I’m doing, lol. Planting and harvesting times are still a mystery to me.

[@williammaxwell1919]

If the temperature doesn’t drop too low but is too low for productive vegetables, find a "chop & drop green manure" that in the led up to spring planting can be used to enrich the soil

[@koreanature]

My best friend, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

[@lulajohns1883]

Great videos, I'm zone 4b, trying to grow onions in green house over winter. I'm experimenting with 6 different kinds. Nothing ventured and all that

[@Tomhohenadel]

I’m in 4b as well. What style of greenhouse do you have? Have you had success so far with the onions? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

[@elainevang9114]

Tatsoi grows amazing in the winter here in zone 7b

[@QuiteQuietASMR]

Rocket arugula!!! I sowed a few seeds into my garden almost 3 years ago and have never planted again. They reseed themselves and spread on their own. I don’t even have to water them. It’s January 4 today in southern Indiana and still have tons of healthy green arugula totally uncovered and neglected but doing amazing!!!

[@stonedapefarmer]

Didn't get much planted for a winder garden, but I do have a bin full of a bunch of my old saved seed, primarily cold season stuff, and I broadcasted a bunch of that over a bare spot where some excavator work was done. Mostly to protect the soil, but if I get a harvest from anything, that'll be swell.

[@prosperousutensil8178]

Love this. I have a hard time throwing away old seed and this is a good idea.

[@stonedapefarmer]

@@prosperousutensil8178 I also save all of my own seeds, so planting old seeds allows me to select things with better long-term storage traits. If they still sprout after 7 years, then their offspring are likely to produce seeds that store for that long or longer. 😁

[@ljgerken]

I have had the same experience with curly parsley. I have had the best luck growing italian flat leaf parsley in partial shade nearly all year. I give it some fish emulsion once a month and water it a little less than other crops, and it keeps on going.

[@chuckschembre]

Always a great tutorial. I have had great success with radicchios and parsnips as a couple other to add. Radicchio can be hard to sell, or impossible at a farmers market, but find the right chef and they pay top dollar. Thanks for the great content as always!

[@lisamcdonald1415]

So great to see our favourite farmer again!! Hope you had a great summer

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

I find the brightly coloured Swiss chard to be one of the most visually pleasing crops to grow. And I wanted to mention my garden is totally frozen up here in Nova Scotia Canada, and last night I harvested some parsley to use for dinner. I don’t even have it covered. Some of the plant has frozen and died off but it still has some good and fresh leaves to harvest. Hoping I can still pull the rest of my carrots out.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I'm trying to grow more this fall/winter. I have cilantro, beets, mustard, that I seeded a couple weeks ago and has sprouted. I also have parsley, collards, chard and one celery that like you said will grow well into or through winter. I may try to get some lettuce going soon. Thanks.

[@aileensmith3062]

We are loving your Summer Farm Tour Series. Then this was also and informative video as to possible winter crops. Most of which we have just started. Now to locate and read your Growers guide to row cover and insect netting, Thank You!

[@dougreynolds2813]

thanks, Jessie very timely video; this will be our first winter with a greenhouse, zone 4; a great resource you provide. thanks

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Thank you for sharing. The Winter Harvest Handbook has been a great asset in my growing technique. No till 1st, understanding soil science & using all to improve my experiences.

[@ElementsofEarthSanctuary]

Love your content Farmer Jessie 🧑‍🌾 Always looking for inspiration and you always deliver knowledge and enlightenment 🌱

[@toolsofthefuture]

Radishes are very popular here in Europe for winter harvesting in greenhouses.

[@prosperousutensil8178]

My dad taught me to plant radishes and carrots together. Benefits being carrots take so long to germinate the quick germinating radishes help you see remember where they are, radishes grow much faster so they loosen the soil and then you pull them out and the carrots can grow up in their place.

[@FarmerJustin83]

I’m trying to add winter crops this year. I have no transplants though. All seed. I think all I can do is lettuce because I’m in Indianapolis and our first frost date is approximately October 10th. Got the book and I want to get a hat soon to join the club!

[@omermann]

Great video!

[@goatsofwar7181]

Thank you Jessie!

[@babyroot3479]

Great info! Thanks for mentioning the podcast. I just subbed to it. Looking forward to learning more. This is our first year with a greenhouse in the mountains of NE Nevada. Zone 5b 6500 ft elevation. I cant wait to get your book on soil!

[@craigmatheson2736]

I'm in zone 5a in North Central NM. "Lettuce" know how it goes with your cabbage and hopefully next year I'll have a spot ready to plant cabbage, celery, and carrots.

[@cbak1819]

I have a few cold frames on 32 inch high beds. Ok you just answered my question😊

[@PegsGarden]

Living in Florida zone9b it is really difficult to grow in 100 degree heat and high humidity, only thing that grows in that temp is lemongrass, sweet potato did not do well this year and my lemongrass, my moringa trees, few herbs other than that I didn't bother trying anything else, this month I am planting out my tomato and kales and kohlrabi with some carrots I will plant out next month, thanks for sharing you video and have learned a lot🌱🌱

[@perrystrimpel5325]

Live in the Tampa area as well, try Malabar Spinach. Not really spinach, but it loves heat. It will even grow on metal chain-link in the hottest part of the summer, as long as it gets enough to drink.

[@PegsGarden]

@@perrystrimpel5325 I grew malabar spinach and did not like it.

[@perrystrimpel5325]

@PegsGarden Sorry to hear that. By chance, do you like okra?

[@PegsGarden]

No, I know malabar and okra do really good here but none of us eat that, so we only plant what we eat.@@perrystrimpel5325

[@susanspeed1638]

I have your book. Love your videos and your sense of humor. Slowly converting to no till. The hold out was finding a local supply of compost which i found this summer. I could not keep weeds out of my gardens this year. Tired of fighting and struggling. No till is my next option. If that doesn't work then I will resort to growing in plastic mulch.

[@notillgrowers]

Nothing has saved me more time in the garden than decreasing our tillage. A lot of weeds love bare, disturbed soil. They are nature's way of replenishing the soil. Do that work for nature by keeping the soil planted as much as possible, covered as much as possible, and disturbed as little as possible and you will find far fewer weeds!

[@kristicornwell6852]

I've been no till from the beginning 5 years back. Keep adding Compost. This year I think I spent less than an hour weeding on my urban homestead. It does get easier!

[@timbushell8640]

It works, you just have to belive and add a bit more mulch/compost as you do that weeding that happens to pop up in those early years. Trust the idea.

[@andreagrowsthings]

Im zone 6b as well and had kind of figured I’d missed my chance to get some things in the ground but this video gives me some hope. 😊 I’d really like to get some carrots & beets in so I think I’ll give that a whirl and see how they do even those it’s later than I’d like. 😊

[@QuiteQuietASMR]

I’m also zone 6b. It’s so wonderful to find a content creator from my zone so that I can relate to and use all their tips!!

[@j7bsecond540]

Thanks

[@TSis76]

Thank you!

[@curiouscat3384]

Great details Jesse! I've been experimenting with this for a couple years with mini "greenhouse" row covers for a couple years and it works perfectly, if as you say, I get things established early enough. Lacinato kale is my favorite and holds up thru the worst weather. Thanks for the links too - very helpful :)

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

thank you interesting and really informative and in my mind really important to maximize profit/yield also throughout winter time. Surely not much competition with local grown very sweet winter carrots!

[@notillgrowers]

Honestly, we could make our entire living off winter production if we so desired. Just requires more space and infrastructure and a love of working in the cold haha

[@rachelthomason1281]

Thanks!!!

[@ShootingUtah]

I'm in zone 6a or 6b, I'm right on a border line between the 2 and I can't imagine being in the same zone as anywhere in Kentucky! I live in the high desert of Utah and we definitely do get a bunch of snow. Maybe I'm underestimating what will grow. Maybe I'll try a few things in grow bags in the shed this year. I've already got some carrots started in grow bags that I grew tobacco in. I wanted them to break up the root balls. I guess I'll try some other types of lettuce. I planted some lettuce in late July and it basically didn't grow at all. I guess it was still too hot, IDK.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

I planted an abundance of chard in Spring, and it didn't bolt! I am still harvesting off it and expect it to get a good way into the Winter before it succumbs to the cold. There is always the possibility that it will survive all winter long. I was still harvesting off a (single)lettuce that overwintered, in July. I have a small patch of microgreens, some lettuce and bok choy sprouting..oh and peas.

[@THall-vi8cp]

What kind of chard? It's a biennial crop that bolts its second year, usually, but sometimes exceptionally hot summer weather or a cold spring and cause it the first year. It you leave it in over this winter you'll see it bolt when the weather warms. Some varieties can grow into spectacularly large plants when they bolt.

[@megantuttle7583]

Great video! Going to try the cilantro out here in 8b! P.S. Please restock the yellow hats! 😂

[@lindawilbert3202]

Mache or Lambs lettuce has a lot of nutrients and holds up even under snow. Great video 😊. The chick weed, isn't that a weed? I didn't know you can eat it

[@notillgrowers]

It is a great edible weed!

[@yLeprechaun]

It's a zesty sort of flavor. You have to put out of your mind that it's a weed to get into your mouth. Once there, you need to remember it's a weed. Think of it as a country plant, not a cosmopolitan type of veggie.

[@timbushell8640]

All plants are posion to something, you just have to know if you need to cook it or which part to leave... toms, spud and rubbard are of course classic in this regard.

[@timbushell8640]

@@notillgrowers if you are cropping it to eat or for sale then it isn't really in the wrong place... so not a weed.

[@wendyeames5758]

I love the flavor of mache.

[@Yan-Shcherbyna]

How do I water in the winter? Won't the drip irrigation just freeze?

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

You need to irrigate? Try heating the irrigation tube, or just going out with a can and hand watering. Alternatively, if you get snow cover, just accept that your plants are going to be sleeping until things start to warm up.

[@cewoodruff14]

Do you generally leave the row covers on for an entire cold spell(or all winter) or take them off during the day?

[@shaunbradley7958]

I have a question. I’m a high school student and I want to follow and pursue your method of farming. I’m unsure as to what major/degree of education I should pursue in order to get there and I was wondering what degree/major did you pursue in college (if you went)?

[@manolopapas]

Hello farmer Jesse

[@douellette7960]

I'm wondering why collards weren't a part of the fall/winter mix. About as hardy as kale?

[@notillgrowers]

Good question. They’re a great crop but very slow growing so I usually don’t mention them. But they can work for sure

[@swathig5821]

From Zone 6b/7a, didn’t get chance to plant any for fall winter, what can I plant direct seed or in trays now ? Going to plant garlic but that’s for next yearZ

[@ShtelmakhHenri]

Carrots for sure. Heinz tomatoes also - this sort does not require transplanting and will be germinating After!! the winter . Search info about it

[@notillgrowers]

In trays: Lettuce and spinach for sure. Maybe get away with kale. Field: arugula, spinach, fast radish, fast carrots for late harvests, baby kale. When I farmed in 7a our cutoff was usually around oct 1st for the field, give or take a few days.

[@ShtelmakhHenri]

@@southernmountain it depends on moisture in the ground - if medium/dry - usually you dont need to cover frost-resistant cultures. But if the ground contains a lot of water - you need to cover to minimize the risk that it will be frosted ice which deal a damage to the root system.

[@user-hr2bi4oh5g]

Thanks! Is your book accessible in pdf for purchase?

[@notillgrowers]

yes, but only through Amazon. We don't get any control over that unfortunately

[@Happy2Run4Me]

Parsley and basil seem to be the only herbs I can grow all summer here I East Texas zone 8b but cilantro and dill are back in the garden now for fall! Now if I can just figure out when it’s best to plant oregano, thyme and rosemary and have them germinate let alone establish here I’ll be a happy girl. 😂No success yet but I’ll keep trying!

[@MistressOP]

Do you stack plant your carrots beets and radishes?

[@MistressOP]

Also do you pasturecrop sunflowers and fodder beets.

[@blankenmom]

I can't kill my chard! I keep cutting them back to their roots. It's going on its second year, same plants. Glad my chicken's dig it, because I discovered I don't.

[@iamthewelcher]

You got me dead to rights...I totally lol'd on the tomato joke ! NERD .

[@gardenvlogmeimei]

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[@sharnie528]

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[@lksf9820]

At 9:20, what the heck is Mosh or Maaash?

[@lksf9820]

I think I got it, it's Mache, Lambs lettuce as we call it.

[@Fun-For-All-zl3nq]

what state are you in?

[@nchestercountynews4955]

so where do you buy seeds in bulk?, Not the tiny packets in the box stores.....

[@redhen689]

Johnny’s selected seeds is one place he often mentions.

[@notillgrowers]

Here's a whole breakdown! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGbQoWuAnNmtrNk

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

25f is actually -4c,not 4c.

[@walterhoerath2044]

Due you now what happened to Josh have seen new video

[@petanisukses_garden]

the plants are very fertile

[@sm.sharifhossain3248]

I am from Bangladesh. I Need a farmning job. Could you help me. If you possible Please help me. I have a farmning knowledge. Actually my family is farmer family.

[@AnenLaylle7023]

Were you drunk when you laid the beds out in 10:51? LOL. You should cut the tops off the carrots for obvious reasons.

[@jmcdaid620]

Thanks!